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How would you compete against this?

Paul Sandhu
Investor · The worst town to live in, KS · Member since 2016 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes

There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.

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Jill F.
Investor · Akron, OH · Member since 2016 · 2k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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Hookers and wet wipes? (just a thought)

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  • Bruce WoodruffPro Member
    Contractor/Investor/Consultant · San Diego / Phoenix · Member since 2021 · 12k+ posts · 15k+ votes
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    Well the easiest/cheapest thing would be to get TVs. They are dirt cheap now at Best Buy or Costco. $200 for a 40 inch....That would help a lot since everyone loves their sports/movies/etc....

    The other thing I would want is a bathroom. Maybe you can tack one onto the outside of the kitchen wall so you can share the plumbing?

    Don't worry about phones, everyone does cell nowadays....

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  • Greg Harris
    Cranston, RI · Member since 2018 · 7 posts · 7 votes
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    I wouldn't worry about getting televisions, your various cats can entertain them, but you might want to invest in sprinklers for the hoses! 

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  • Account Closed
    Investor · Scottsdale Austin Tuktoyaktuk · Member since 2021 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    Quote from @Paul Sandhu:

    There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.

     You are assuming your clients bathe.

    And it's a short 1,303 miles to the Waldorf Astoria New York

    I think actually they have showers too.

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  • Lauren Kormylo
    Rental Property Investor · Phoenix, AZ and Rehoboth Beach DE · Member since 2019 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    Do you still have the fox?  That’s a perk that the others don’t have, for sure. 

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  • Bruce WoodruffPro Member
    Contractor/Investor/Consultant · San Diego / Phoenix · Member since 2021 · 12k+ posts · 15k+ votes
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    I would set up a shooting range out back. Then no one will care about the other shtuff....

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  • John UnderwoodPro Member
    Investor · Greer, SC · Member since 2014 · 13k+ posts · 17k+ votes
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    Quote from @Paul Sandhu:

    There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.


     just reroute the garden hose indoors. 

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  • Jill F.
    Investor · Akron, OH · Member since 2016 · 2k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    Hookers and wet wipes? (just a thought)

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  • Anthony R.
    Member since 2022 · 53 posts · 24 votes
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    Buy out the motel.

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  • Adam Martin
    Rental Property Investor · Member since 2020 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    At a motel like that all you are really looking for is no judgment and no questions asked.  Lie about the first part because of course you are judging but stay faithful to the second.  

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  • Steve Vaughan
    Rental Property Investor · East Wenatchee, WA · Member since 2014 · 10k+ posts · 16k+ votes
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    Classic roadside 80's.  I wonder what the whited-out room rate was? 

    $19.99/night. Compete with that! 

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  • Andrew Simms
    Rental Property Investor · Marietta, GA · Member since 2017 · 131 posts · 101 votes
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    @Paul Sandhu Offer hourly rates? 

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  • Paul Sandhu
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    Investor · The worst town to live in, KS · Member since 2016 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    Quote from @Steve Vaughan:

    Classic roadside 80's.  I wonder what the whited-out room rate was? 

    $19.99/night. Compete with that! 


     When i was taking the picture i could see $49.99

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  • Michael BaumPro Member
    Olympia, WA · Member since 2016 · 8k+ posts · 7k+ votes
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    @Bruce Woodruff, if you are paying $200 for a 40" LED/LCD TV, you are overpaying my man!

    @Paul Sandhu, I thought you were already crushing those guys?

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  • Steven Foster Wilson
    Rental Property Investor · Columbus, OH · Member since 2017 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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    Quote from @Paul Sandhu:

    There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.


     Facebook market place has great deals on TV's. You could also slowly start to rehab one unit at a time. I would look into trying to buy out that motel. 

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  • David Braut
    Rental Property Investor · Grass Valley, CA · Member since 2010 · 69 posts · 21 votes
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    Don't let this distract you from the the fact that in 1966, Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in a single game while playing for the Polk High School Panthers in the 1966 city championship game versus Andrew Johnson High School, including the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds against his old nemesis, "Spare Tire" Dixon.

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  • Paul Sandhu
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    Investor · The worst town to live in, KS · Member since 2016 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    Quote from @Michael Baum:

    @Bruce Woodruff, if you are paying $200 for a 40" LED/LCD TV, you are overpaying my man!

    @Paul Sandhu, I thought you were already crushing those guys?

    The guy that owned the motel sold it to some gullible sucker, took the money and moved out of town.  The gullible sucker has had 12 vehicles in the parking lot in the LAST TWO YEARS.  I drive by there every evening to see how many people are staying there.
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  • Michael BaumPro Member
    Olympia, WA · Member since 2016 · 8k+ posts · 7k+ votes
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    Ya know @Paul Sandhu, it almost seems like it could be an opportunity for you if you could get it cheap. I bet you could so something cool with that.

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  • Paul Sandhu
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    Investor · The worst town to live in, KS · Member since 2016 · 4k+ posts · 4k+ votes
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    Quote from @Michael Baum:

    Ya know @Paul Sandhu, it almost seems like it could be an opportunity for you if you could get it cheap. I bet you could so something cool with that.


     I would knock out the wall between every 2 rooms to expand the living space.  Put in a kitchen, washer/dryer and another bedroom.  It's already plumbed and wired.  But I don't need any more than 23 STRs to manage.  

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  • Dominic A.
    Property Manager · Nova Scotia · Member since 2021 · 78 posts · 52 votes
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    Quote from @Account Closed:
    Quote from @Paul Sandhu:

    There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.

     You are assuming your clients bathe.

    And it's a short 1,303 miles to the Waldorf Astoria New York

    I think actually they have showers too.


     Being converted to condos right now I'm afraid; they'll need to go to The Plaza for the next little bit.

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  • Malcomb StapelPro Member
    Investor · Topeka, KS · Member since 2020 · 669 posts · 488 votes
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    You need to offer something they don't, like :

    Ceiling mounted mirrors 

    Hourly rates

    and......

    $5 clean sheets

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  • Jonathan Hankins
    Rental Property Investor · Member since 2022 · 37 posts · 28 votes
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    Quote from @Paul Sandhu:

    There is a motel in my town.  They have bathtubs and showers.  They have color televisions.  They have telephones.  I have none of that.  How would I compete against a motel with tub/shower, color tv and telephones?  I do have indoor plumbing in the kitchens and various outdoor cats.  People have to bathe outside with a garden hose though.

    Color TV's??? 

    Sometimes, a man just has to know when he's beat...

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